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W. FADER,1. SCHATMAN AND L. GOLDBERG. COVER FOR WASHIUBS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 19. 1919.

1,307,438. Patented June 24, 1919.

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WILLIAM FADER, J OE SGHATMALN AND LOUIS GOLDBERG, 0F NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

COVER FOR WASH'IUBS AND THE LIKE. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM FADER, J 0E SGHATMAN, and Louis GOLDBERG, citizens of the United States, and residents of Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefullmprovements in Covers for Washtubs and the like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved in place and fastened, this being done with-,

out driving nails through the cover into the frame, and the seams, which 1t is not necessary to solder, are tight and are not calculated to receive and hold any grease or dirt and do not permit the entrance of an appreciable amount of water.

It very often happens, with covers of this kind, that they are used as tables or similar supporting surfaces in apartments where sheet metal and is formed into a blank which has wings 12, these being shown more par- 1 ticularly in Figs. 6 and 7, these wings being economy of room 153 essential, and the top of the tub does duty as a cover and also as a working surface.

When the cover is closed, any water or liquids that flow on the top, accidentally or otherwise, do not enter the seams because the seams are turned downwardly and the cor-\ ner seams are closed and the liquid runs oif the cover without penetrating into the frame to cause rotting, and in the same way the accumulation of dirt or grease is minimized} Another object of the invention is to pro-. 'vide a cover of this kind, the manufacture of which is economical, and they can be quickly manufactured after the blanks are cut, these blanks forming the top and bottom members and being suitably joined around the frame to-make a symmetrical, substantially smooth cover without projections that are adapted to tear or catch on clothing or, the like, and is substantially strong and durable.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a face view of a cover, the frame being shown in: dotted outline.- Fig. if is a side ties? of Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 11116 24;, 1919.

Application filed March 19, 1919.

Serial No. 283,630.

the cover shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of one edge of the cover, taken on a plane indicated by the line 33 in Fig 1. Fig. 4: is a plan view of a corner of the frame, the'metal cover being shown in section on a plane indicated by line 1-4 in Fig. 6, partly bent up at the sides, this figure being inserted to illustrate the relative position of the parts more clearly.

These covers are made according to the size and shape desired, but for the purpose of illustrating thev device we show a rectangular cover, this being usually made of a frame-work which isincased in the sheet metal covering, which is usually tin or galvanized iron or other similar material, and in Fig. 1 the frame 10 is illustrated as being .rectangular, this frame being usually made of wooden strips heavy enough to act as a isupport for the plates or sheets that incase 'the cover, and also to hold up articles of coniderable weight when the cover is used as 23a. table.

The frame is provided on the bottom with bottom plate or sheet 11, which is made of bent upward to form the sides of the cover, iiand they fit against the outside edge of the frame 10. The edge of one wing at each corner is provided with a lip 13 which, when bent up, fits in as shown in Fig. 7 to cover the corner of the frame, and the wing that forms the side that abuts against the lip 13 incases the lip, and in this way the corner seam, as shown in Fig. 4, is tight and it is also strengthened.

The edge 1 1 on each side of the cover is bent outward, as shown at a in Fig. 7, and the top member or plate 15, which is preferably of sheet metal and which is formed into a blank, one form of which is shown in Fig. 5, is then laid on the frame 10 so that the strips 16 lie on the out-turned edges 14 of the bottom plate, and the edgestrips 17 of the top plate are then bent around the edges 1 1 toembraee these edges and form an interlocked seam which is then crimped down, asshown in Fig. 3, so that the seam 18 lies assistant-1e11,? class and parallel with the sides of the cover and is constructed so as to shed water or other liquid on the top of the cover, and forms a tight joint without soldering, this joint and-the corner joint shown in Fig. 4: insuring the protection-of the frame from any rotting, does not pro.

vide for any projecting points to accidentally catch the hands or the clothing andtightly fits the sheet metal plates over the frame Without the use of nails, tacks or other fastening devices.

In order to make the corners of the interlocked seam 18 close fitting, the parts that will abut of the edge strip 17 are cut away, as at 19, so thatwhen folded in, theseedges do not extend to the corner and the corners 1 the covercan be employed.

WVe claim:

1. A cover-for Washtubs and the like comprising a frame, a'bottom plate on the frame bent upward against the frame to form the with the sides.

A cover for Washtubs and :the like comprising a frame, a bottom plate on the frame and bent toformthe sides of the cover, lips on the sides to cover the corners of the frame and to be incased .by the adjacent sides, and a top plate, the edges of the top plate and the bottom plate being joined by an interlocking seam crimped downward to lie parallel with and against the tops of the sides of the cover.

3. A'cover for washtubs comprising a 'bottom plate provided with wings forming the sides of the cover, each wing having alip inc-ased by the next adjacent wing and "having an edge strip, and a top plate with an edge strip onv each side and joined by an interlocking seam to the edge of the bottom plate'crimped downward at the tops of the sides to lie against the sides.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing,

we have hereto set'our hands, this 18th day of March, 1919.

WILLIAM FADE'R. JOE SC'HATMAN. LOUIS GOLDBERG.

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